Boy crushed to death
He came under the wheels of a lorry
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-07-19 07:13 GMT
Chennai: A 12-year-old boy from Medavakkam died on Saturday in a road accident after he came under the wheels of a lorry. Sudarshan, studying in class 7 at a private school near Kovilampakkam, had gone to visit his friend, as it was a school holiday.
On his way back, around 7.30 pm, he slipped and fell from the cycle he was riding and a lorry ran over him, killing him on the spot. The driver tried to flee but was caught by passersby who handed him over to St Thomas Mount traffic police Investigators. The lorry driver, Prasanth, 23, has been arrested. Sudarshan’s father, Sudhakar is a painter from Kancheepuram district and the body has been sent for post-mortem to Chromepet Government hospital.